I WAS Darkness

I have been thinking about this statement in Ephesians 5:8...for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 

I WAS darkness. Not I walked in darkness or lived in darkness...I WAS darkness. That is overwhelming. I was not just unredeemed, not just misguided, not just sowing my oats, not just living in the fast lane...I was DARKNESS! And I wonder how much of a black hole effect did I have. Who did I draw into the abyss by my darkness? Who stumbled and fell because I was darkness?

But praise be to God who now says I AM light in the Lord! But that comes with demands. Walk as children of light. Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. (Matt 5:16). [Be] children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world (Phil 2:15)

So now the questions are who is walking toward the light of Christ because of His light in me? Who's path is heading in the right direction because Christ is lighting the way through me? Who thinks I'm different than others in my attitudes, habits, work ethic because I have the light of Christ directing my path?

Lord God, let me never again be a stumbling block but always shine the light of Jesus all around me so others may come to know You.